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PlaceBreederivier/Breede River, Western Cape
The Breede River enters the sea at Witsand in the Indian Ocean, forming a large estuary in the Western Cape of South Africa. The mouth is located in San…
PlaceOverberg District Municipality, Western Cape
With its pristine Coastlines, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet at the Southern-most tip of Africa. With its headquarters in Bredasdorp, the Overberg…
PlaceBennebroek Wreck, Hamburg
On the 16t of February 1713, the Bennebroek which was an 'East Indiaman'- which is a large sailing vessel. This type of sailing vessel's were built from in the…
PlaceEmgwenya, formally Waterval Boven
Emgwenya means: 'Place of the Crocodile'. (Ngwenya, is an Nguni surname, meaning the same thing!) Emgwenya was formally Waterval Boven and can be found at the…
Archive25 Years of Democracy and Now!
My name is Naledi Seloane from MD Coovadia Combined School a Grade 9 learner. I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your recent election as the…
PlaceBredasdorp, Overberg
Located on the Northern edge of the Agulhas Plain, about 160 kilometres South-East of Cape Town and 35 kilometres, North of Cape Agulhas. The Town was named…
PlaceTugela River and Waterfalls, in the Drakensberg
Tugela River is the largest River in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. It rises as a stream on the 3,050-metre high, Mont-aux-Sources Plateau near the…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
From: A Crime Against Humanity, edited by Max Coleman THE MANY FACES OF APARTHEID REPRESSION Repressive regimes abound in the historical record but few can…
PlaceAngola
… by the importance which the slave trade had in both nations’ economies [lxxxi] . Similarly to Kongo the slave … to what was at the time one of the…
PlaceWestern Sahara
… pan-Arab character which expresses solidarity among Arab nations. In addition, the red colour indicates revolutionary … and Moroccan outposts in Western…
PlaceOranjezicht
Oranjezicht is a charming suburb located in the heart of Cape Town’s City Bowl, offering a unique blend of natural beauty, vibrant culture, and stylish living…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
The fruit-canning industry in South Africa can be traced to the late nineteenth century, when the first jam factories opened in Paarl and Stellenbosch in the…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
In April 1982 Joe Foster, the General Secretary of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (Fosatu), gave the keynote address at the second Fosatu…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Africa and in London and it has also lobbied at the United Nations. Mr. Oliver Tambo has commented on the dissolution … embodied in this undemocratic Act…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… able to defeat other military powers. When larger European nations like the Dutch, English and French arrived in the … the journey to the East took so long,…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… adopted black skirl and green blouse of the ANC Women's League, with the green stripe and the additional yellow …
PlaceCape Town's Art Museum of Illusions-Kloof Street, Cape Town
"Museum of Illusions is a global education network with over 60 locations across 25 Countries and 4 Continents. We are dedicated to bringing mind-bending…
The British Government, The Trade Union Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 to 1994 by Dan Feather
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference In the aftermath of the Durban Strikes (1973) the British Trade Union…
PlaceUmhlanga, Durban
The history of Umhlanga Rocks is really interesting. Umhlanga Rocks was initially home to San hunter-gatherers and was later occupied by Nguni-speaking people…
PlaceTygerberg Hospital
Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary hospital located in Parow, Cape Town. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest hospital in the Western…
PlaceBains Kloof Pass, Western Cape
The Bains Kloof Pass provides a more direct route from the town of Wellington to the more Northern towns of Ceres and Worcester, in the Western Cape. It is 26…
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
Matatiele Municipality is a Local Municipality, category B. It is within the within the Alfred Nzo District Municipality, nestled in between Kwa-Zulu Natal,…
PlaceBokoni, Mpumalanga
If you drive through Mpumalanga with an eye on the landscape flashing by, you may see, near the sides of the road and further away on the hills above and in…
PlaceArniston, Cape Agulhas
Lying on the shores of Marcus Bay, just north-east of Cape Agulhas, is the tranquil little fishing village of Arniston, also known as Waenhuiskrans - ‘wagon…
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
Perched on the outskirts of Observatory in Cape Town, just above the Black River, stands the South African Astronomical Observatory; initially known as the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
From Garvey to Lenin, via Kadalie: The ICU’s “Ginger” Faction and the Transformation of Interwar Black Radicalism Henry Dee International Studies Group,…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… of the Rivonia arrests. By decision of the United Nations General Assembly, the international community will …
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… now stubbornly refuses to relinquish despite the United Nations decision terminating her mandate. South Africa's …
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
… of the South African Indian question before the United Nations in a manner which drew world attention to the more …
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… ip upheld by all countries and confirmed in the United Nations Charter, to which this country is pledged. Now even …